Horse-collar fastener



(No Model.)

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HORSE COLLAR FASTENER.

Patented Mar. 14, 1893.

UNITED STATES .PATENT OFFICE.

ANDREW THOMAS OSBRON, OF WILLOW SPRINGS, MISSOURI.

HORSE-COLLAR FASTEN ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 493,513, dated March14.-, 1893.

Application filed .Tune 29, 1892. Serial No. 43 8.428. (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom t may concern.-

Be it known that I, ANDREW THOMAS Os- BRON, of Willow Springs, in thecounty of Howell and State of Missouri, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Horse-Collar Fasteners; and I do hereby declarethe following to be a full, clear, and eX- act description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itpertains to make and use it, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, which form part of this specification.

Myinvention relates to an improvement in horse collar fasteners: and itconsists in the novel features of construction, and in the combinationand arrangement of parts which will be fully described hereinafter, andmore specially referred to in the claims.

The object of my invention is to provide a most simple and cheap anddurable collar fastener which is automatic in its operation of couplingand which holds the collar ends most securely together.

Referringto the accompanying drawings,- Figure 1, is a perspective viewof a collar provided 'with my improved fastener. Fig. 2, is a detachedView of the saine.

The fastener is made entirely of wire and consists of the two permanentsections A, and B, which are secured tothe respective collar ends andthe pivoted latch O which is mounted on the latter section B. Thesection A, is so formed or looped as to constitute in its bend theprojecting portion D. The rearwardly extending arms E, ofthe section, aswell as those of the section A, are turned backward upon themselves andbraided or twisted to form the bolt or rivet passages F, whereby theyare most securely fastened to the collar ends. The loop section B, iscoiled on opposite sides as shown at G, the portion of the wire betweenthe coils being depressed as shown at H. Adapted to turn in the coils G,across the front of the section B, is the angular frame I. The side ofthis frame between the coils G, is bulgedy or projected downward asshown at J, so as to depend below the bar H of the section B.

In operation the projecting portion D, of the section A, is projectedinto the section B, above the bar H, of the latter and below thedownwardly bulged bar J, of the latch.

After the end D, of the section A, has been inserted past the portion J,of the latch the latter drops behind the bar D, of the sect-ion A, andholds it securely in place and connected with the adjacent fastenersection. For disconnecting the sections all that is necessary is to turnupward the outer end of the latch when the bar D, will be disengaged bythe latch and allowed to retract thus disengaging the sections of thecollar fastener.

The device is most simple in construction, being formed entirely ofwire, and may be manufactured at a very small cost.

Having thus described my invention, l claiml. A collar fastenercomprising two sections secured to opposite ends of the collar, a latchpivoted to one of the sections, a bulge on one edge of the latch, and aloop on the other fastener section which the said bulge is Vadapted toengage when the latch is turned, substantially as shown and described.

2. The combination of fastener sections formed of wire having rearwardlyextending securing arms, coils G on opposite sides of one of thesections, a latch extending across lthe end of said section and confinedin said coils, a bulge on the latch and a loop on the adjacent fastenersection which is adapted to extend beneath said latch and into whichloop the said bulge extends when the latch is turned in the coils G,substantially as shown and described.

3. The combination of fastener sections formed of wire, the ends ofwhich being extended rearward to form securing arms, coils G at the endsof the arms of one of the sections, bar H connecting the coils, anangular wire frame secured at its lower side in said coils, outwardlyextending bulge J on said lower side, and a loop on the adjacentfastener section adapted to extend between the bar I-I and the lowerside of the Wire frame and which is engaged by the bulge J, when thesaid frame is turned down, substantially as shown and described. f

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ANDREW THOMAS OSBRON.

Witnesses:

J. R. BREWER, HENRY P. COLEMAN.

